Guide to the LGBT Records UR002652

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Summary Information ...... 3 Scope and Content ...... 4 Arrangement ...... 4 Administrative Information ...... 4 Related Materials ...... 5 Controlled Access Headings ...... 5 Collection Inventory ...... 5

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Summary Information

Repository: Walter P. Reuther Library Creator: LGBT Detroit Creator: KICK- The Agency for LGBT African Americans Creator: Lipscomb, Curtis Title: LGBT Detroit Records ID: UR002652 Date [inclusive]: 1993-2016 Date [bulk]: 2003-2014 Physical Description: 1.5 Linear Feet (1 SB, 1 OS) Physical Description: 846 Megabytes (1 file) Language of the English Material: Language of the Material entirely in English. Material: Abstract: LGBT Detroit started as Kick Publishing Company in 1994. Based in Detroit, Kick was the third Black American LGBT media company created in the United States. Distributed nationally, Kick Magazine provided the LGBT community with information, awareness, and a way to organize. In 2003, Kick Publishing Company was revitalized into the non-profit organization: KICK- The Agency for LGBT African Americans. KICK focused on health, education, employment, and social justice for the African American LGBT community in the Detroit area. Their mission was to increase awareness and to support Detroit's dynamic LGBT culture through education and advocacy. They organized and sponsored many expos, exhibits, summits, and other social gatherings. In 2015, KICK was rebranded as LGBT Detroit to better reflect their leadership and connection to the Detroit LGBT community. Citation Style

"LGBT Detroit Records, Box [#], Folder [#], Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University"

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Scope and Content

This collection consists of records created by LGBT Detroit, formerly known as KICK- The Agency for LGBT African Americans. These records include: correspondence, meeting minutes, news clippings, and records relating the the development and running of the organization. Publications from Kick Magazine as well as playbills, fliers, posters, and other ephemera from LGBT Detroit created and sponsored events are also included. In addition: booklets, pamphlets, newspapers, posters,and conference material from other organizations in the Detroit LGBT community are also represented.

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Arrangement

Folders are arranged according to subject.

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Administrative Information

Publication Statement Walter P. Reuther Library

5401 Cass Avenue Detroit, MI 48202 URL: https://reuther.wayne.edu

Acquisition The records of LGBT Detroit were deposited to the Walter P. Reuther Library on September 2, 2015; November 30, 2015; and March 4, 2016 by Curtis Lipscomb.

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Processing History Processed and finding aid written by Elizabeth Nicholson on March 30, 2016.

Access Collection is open for research.

Use Refer to the Walter P. Reuther Library "Rules for Use of Archival Materials."

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Related Materials

Transfers One file, UR002652_CD01.iso, is stored in the digital hold.

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Controlled Access Headings

• Gay rights • Gay community • Gay culture • community • Transsexuals • African Americans

Collection Inventory

Title/Description Instances KICK/LGBT Detroit Correspondence, n.d. 1996-2016 Box 1 Folder 1

KICK/LGBT Detroit Organizational Records, n.d. 2005-2010 Box 1 Folder 2

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KICK/LGBT Detroit Organizational Records, 2011-2012 Box 1 Folder 3

KICK/LGBT Detroit Organizational Records, 2013-2015 Box 1 Folder 4

KICK/LGBT Detroit Events, n.d. 1997- 2015 Box 1 Folder 5

KICK/LGBT Detroit Event: Hotter Than July, n.d. 2002-2014 Box 1 Folder 6

KICK/LGBT Detroit Meeting Minutes, 2007-2009 Box 1 Folder 7

Kick: Publication, Dec. 1994- Dec/Jan 1996 Box 1 Folder 8

Kick: Publication, Feb. 1996- June 1997 Box 1 Folder 9

Kick: Publication, Summer 1997- April 2002 Box 1 Folder 10

Other Publications, 2010-2016 Box 1 Folder 11

Community Events, n.d. 2008-2015 Box 1 Folder 12

Curtis Lipscombe, n.d. 1993-2015 Box 1 Folder 13

Adodi Detroit: Minutes and Organizational Materials, 2010-2013 Box 1 Folder 14

American Civil Liberties Union: Booklets, 2004-2013 Box 1 Folder 15

The Billionaire Boys' Club: 10 Year Anniversary Booklet, 1998 Box 1 Folder 16

Detroit Black Gay Pride, Inc.: Correspondence and Newspaper Box 1 Folder 17 Clippings, 1998-2002

Healing Detroit: Minutes and Summit Materials, 2009-2011 Box 1 Folder 18

National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS, Inc.: Conference Box 1 Folder 19 and Correspondence, 2010-2014

National Black Justice Coalition: Convention, Workshop, and Fact Box 1 Folder 20 Sheets, 2007-2013

CD: KICK/LGBT Detroit Hotter Than July! Candlelight Vigil Box 1 Folder 21 Ceremony, n.d.

Oversize Materials Box 2

Posters Box 2 folder 1

Sign and Postcard Box 2 folder 2

Newspapers Box 2 folder 3

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